Procurement weaknesses and poor asset and project management were key factors behind a critical review from Liverpool City Council’s internal audit team.
Rising service demand combined with high inflation and rising interest rates has made delivering a balanced budget “very difficult to achieve” without further government support, a councillor at...
The failure to meet best value duty has forced the government to step up its intervention in the London Borough of Croydon, giving the independent panel a statutory footing.
Managing housing services within Newcastle City Council could save nearly £1m a year compared with existing arrangements, freeing up money to be invested in improving the housing stock and serving...
The government’s supposed flagship policy of levelling up will fail if councils do not receive additional funding and powers, experts have said after one of the policy’s original architects said...
A central body with powers to oversee local authorities could help prevent disasters similar to the recent collapses in the sector, experts have told PF.
Concerns over how costs of a planned airport expansion were accounted for mean Luton Borough Council’s external auditors could qualify their opinion on four-year-old accounts still yet to be signed...
Giving county councils funding and power to encourage business growth and regional development could see rural areas close the gap with their city counterparts, leaders have said.
Failing to deliver £86m of cuts and effectively manage spending would put Kent County Council in a “perilous financial position” on the brink of issuing a section 114 notice, its external auditors...
Rising service demand and debt costs have led two borough councils to warn they risk issuing section 114 notices, with one perhaps coming as soon as October.
All non-essential spending has stopped at Birmingham City Council as officials reckon with an expected £860m hit from historic equal pay issues and a faltering IT system implementation.
Poor funding settlements and a perceived lack of respect from the Scottish and central government have prompted Orkney Islands Council to explore new governance arrangements, including potentially...
The shift to hybrid working and the need to cut running costs have prompted Hertfordshire County Council to propose transferring staff from its County Hall office.
Weak financial controls and a “culture which is not focused upon compliance” contributed to Nottingham City Council’s unlawful spending of housing money, an independent report has concluded.
